Robert E. Jinkerson

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Robert E. Jinkerson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Jinkerson has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Jinkerson's work include Algal biology and biofuel production (20 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (16 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers). Robert E. Jinkerson is often cited by papers focused on Algal biology and biofuel production (20 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (16 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers). Robert E. Jinkerson collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Robert E. Jinkerson's co-authors include Matthew C. Posewitz, Randor Radakovits, Al Darzins, Martin C. Jonikas, Robert E. Settlage, Jeffrey L. Boore, Susan I. Fuerstenberg, Hongseok Tae, Victoria H. Work and Ursula Goodenough and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Genetics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Jinkerson

37 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Genetic Engineering of Algae for Enhanced Biofuel Production

2010 755 citations Randor Radakovits, Robert E. Jinkerson et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert E. Jinkerson United States	19	2.2k	1.7k	461	329	314	39	3.0k
Hanhua Hu China	26	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	233 0.5×	459 1.4×	592 1.9×	88	2.6k
Danxiang Han China	27	2.8k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	497 1.1×	188 0.6×	404 1.3×	59	3.6k
EonSeon Jin South Korea	37	2.3k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	492 1.1×	432 1.3×	450 1.4×	137	4.1k
Eric Jarvis United States	11	3.1k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 2.4×	203 0.6×	397 1.3×	15	3.7k
Jan H. Mussgnug Germany	29	3.8k 1.7×	2.0k 1.2×	1.5k 3.3×	269 0.8×	298 0.9×	36	4.9k
Wei Xiong United States	27	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	591 1.3×	195 0.6×	112 0.4×	75	2.6k
Vilém Zachleder Czechia	30	2.3k 1.0×	928 0.5×	481 1.0×	157 0.5×	341 1.1×	62	3.0k
Aliza Zarka Israel	23	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	126 0.3×	200 0.6×	299 1.0×	45	2.2k
Kateřina Bišová Czechia	27	1.5k 0.7×	997 0.6×	321 0.7×	147 0.4×	247 0.8×	60	2.5k

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Ben‐Dor, Shifra, Orly Dym, Chuan Ku, et al.. (2025). Cathepsin X is a conserved cell death protein involved in algal response to environmental stress. Current Biology. 35(10). 2240–2255.e6.

Proveniers, Marcel, et al.. (2025). Cultured fruit: growing fruit without plants. Trends in biotechnology.

Lee, Sang Cheon, et al.. (2024). Optimized genome-wide CRISPR screening enables rapid engineering of growth-based phenotypes in Yarrowia lipolytica. Metabolic Engineering. 86. 55–65. 7 indexed citations

Jinkerson, Robert E., et al.. (2024). Engineering bacterial warriors: harnessing microbes to modulate animal physiology. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 87. 103113–103113. 1 indexed citations

Atkinson, Nicky, Lianyong Wang, Simona Eicke, et al.. (2024). SAGA1 and MITH1 produce matrix-traversing membranes in the CO2-fixing pyrenoid. Nature Plants. 10(12). 2038–2051. 6 indexed citations

Vilarrasa‐Blasi, Josep, Tamara Vellosillo, Robert E. Jinkerson, et al.. (2024). Multi-omics analysis of green lineage osmotic stress pathways unveils crucial roles of different cellular compartments. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5988–5988. 5 indexed citations

Crandall, Bradie S., et al.. (2024). Electro-agriculture: Revolutionizing farming for a sustainable future. Joule. 8(11). 2974–2991. 8 indexed citations

Narváez-Vásquez, Javier, et al.. (2023). Cell wall digestion of the dinoflagellate Breviolum minutum. Journal of Applied Phycology. 36(1). 181–189. 1 indexed citations

Hann, Elizabeth, et al.. (2023). Alternative carbon sources for the production of plant cellular agriculture: a case study on acetate. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1104751–1104751. 5 indexed citations

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Hann, Elizabeth, et al.. (2022). A hybrid inorganic–biological artificial photosynthesis system for energy-efficient food production. Nature Food. 3(6). 461–471. 132 indexed citations

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Jinkerson, Robert E., et al.. (2020). A peek in the micro-sized world: a review of design principles, engineering tools, and applications of engineered microbial community. Biochemical Society Transactions. 48(2). 399–409. 8 indexed citations

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Xiang, T., Erik Lehnert, Robert E. Jinkerson, et al.. (2020). Symbiont population control by host-symbiont metabolic interaction in Symbiodiniaceae-cnidarian associations. Nature Communications. 11(1). 108–108. 96 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaobo, Weronika Patena, Friedrich Fauser, et al.. (2019). A genome-wide algal mutant library and functional screen identifies genes required for eukaryotic photosynthesis. Nature Genetics. 51(4). 627–635. 187 indexed citations

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Xiang, T., Robert E. Jinkerson, Sophie Clowez, et al.. (2017). Glucose-Induced Trophic Shift in an Endosymbiont Dinoflagellate with Physiological and Molecular Consequences. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 176(2). 1793–1807. 34 indexed citations

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Liberatore, Matthew W., et al.. (2016). Effectiveness of cationically modified cellulose polymers for dewatering algae. Separation Science and Technology. 51(5). 892–898. 7 indexed citations

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Jinkerson, Robert E., Randor Radakovits, & Matthew C. Posewitz. (2012). Genomic insights from the oleaginous model alga Nannochloropsis gaditana. Bioengineered. 4(1). 37–43. 75 indexed citations

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Work, Victoria H., et al.. (2011). Chapter 4: Microalgae as a Feedstock for the Production of Biofuels: Microalgal Biochemistry, Analytical Tools, and Targeted Bioprospecting. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 4 indexed citations

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Meuser, Jonathan E., Sarah D’Adamo, Robert E. Jinkerson, et al.. (2011). Genetic disruption of both Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [FeFe]-hydrogenases: Insight into the role of HYDA2 in H2 production. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 417(2). 704–709. 66 indexed citations

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Work, Victoria H., Sarah D’Adamo, Randor Radakovits, Robert E. Jinkerson, & Matthew C. Posewitz. (2011). Improving photosynthesis and metabolic networks for the competitive production of phototroph-derived biofuels. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 23(3). 290–297. 59 indexed citations

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Jinkerson, Robert E., et al.. (2010). The production of the sesquiterpene β-caryophyllene in a transgenic strain of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis. Journal of Plant Physiology. 168(8). 848–852. 67 indexed citations

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